Book Review: Amazing Faces

From the Book Jacket: Whatever we feel - whether happy or sad, excited or wishful, proud or lonely - our faces mirror our emotions. In this contemporary yet timeless collection, sixteen evocative poems are brought to life in diverse and detailed faces that reveal the universal feelings we all share. Girls and boys, women and men invite us to experience their world, understand their lives, and find the connections that bring us together.

Poet Lee Bennett Hopkins gathers these insightful works from an impressive array of authors. Glowing illustrations by Chris Soentpiet infuse the verses with atmosphere and exquisite settings. Readers of all ages will want to feast their eyes on these captivating poems and pictures again and again.

Why It's On My Bookshelf:Originally I saw this beautiful book on my friend Barbara's blog TheCorner on Character. I was immediately drawn to a poem in the book called I'm The One.....

I'm the oneYou turn your Back on,Never asking me To play. I'm the oneYou heard Crying, Walking homeFrom School Today. You're the oneWho could eraseSadnessTraced Upon my face. If only one dayYou could see,What funYou'd haveBeing FriendsWithMe. Jude Mandell

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Awww, thanks for the shout out! I LOVE this book and the man who compiled these does have a few more anthologies out there. I'd also recommend No Perfect People, Please by Diane Asitimbay for your poetry collection!